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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-19-2002~1 ~: MINUTES OF MEETING JEFFERSONVILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Thursday, December 19, 2002 The Jeffersonville Redevelopment Commission met on Thursday, December 19, 2002 in the Mayor's Conference Room, Fourth Floor, 501 E. Court Avenue, Jeffersonville, Indiana. The following were present: Robert Campbell, President Barry Cahill, Vice President Nathan Samuel, Secretary Ed Zastawny, Commission Member Kyle Williams, Commission Member STAFF: Nlary Sue Ellenbrand, Assistant to Director Kathy Haller, Consultant David Duggins, Consultant PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE EXPANSION OF FALLS LANDING RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT AREA TIF: There was only one person, Mr. Kyle Williams, attending the public hearing for the expansion of the Falls Landing Riverfront Development Area TIF, in addition to the person holding the public hearing. The hearing was at 5:00 PM in the Mayor's Conference Room, 4`h Floor, 501 E. Court Avenue, Jeffersonville, Indiana. After a period of fifteen (15) minutes, no other persons attended. Since there were no questions, the hearing was closed. CALL TO ORDER: President Robert Campbell called the meeting to order at 5:30 PM APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Campbell asked for any additions or corrections to the minutes of the November 20, 2002 meeting. Hearing none, Mr. Samuel made a motion to approve the minutes of the November 20, 2002 meeting. Mr. Williams seconded. Motion carried unanimously. TREASURERS REPORT: The Treasurer's Report is currently not up to date. Mr. Duggins reported that he would have an end of the year report and budget at the next meeting. $98,477.86 is currently available as of the November 30, 2002 bank statement. CLAIMS: Mr. Campbell presented claims for the month of December totaling $29,576.89. Mr. Campbell brought to the board's attention that the Courier Journal bill, for the Redevelopment Director's advertisement, was supposed to be $640.00. This is the amount that he approved. When Mr. White placed the ad he did not update Mr. Campbell that the cost was $1525.00. Mr. Cahill made a motion to approve the claims for the month of December 2002. Mr. Williams seconded. Motion carried unanimously. NEW DIRECTOR SEARCH: Mr. Campbell reported that around 40 resumes have been received for the Redevelopment Directors position. Redevelopment Commissioners Mr. Cahill, Mr. Samuel and Urban Enterprise Association Representative Ms. Vicki Conlin are on the selection committee. The committee will interview five applicants and recommend two or three to the Mayor. Mr. Campbell also stated that Mr. Kyle Williams has applied for the position. Mr. Cahill hopes to interview the week of January 6, 2003. CNTAS UPDATE: Mr. Campbell reported that Cintas, a ne~v business locating in Bridgeport has been approved for a tax abatement. They will employ 134 people with a $29,500.00 average salary. Cintas is a uniform laundry facility. TENTH AND SPRING STREET UPDATE - RFP: Mr. Campbell reported that City Attorney, Anne Marie Galligan, has reviewed and approved the Request For Proposal for the Tenth and Spring Street project. Mr. Campbell asked the board to review the proposal and action will be taken at the next meeting. Mr. Campbell, David Duggins, Ms. Galligan and the Mayor met with Mr. John Lopp of John Lopp, Real Estate. Mr. Lopp said that Hilton Gardens is still interested in building athree-story hotel at 10`" and Spring St. and he feels that he will have quite a few other interested parties when the RFP's are published. The property consists of 2.1 acres. Mr. Campbell will try to meet with the owner of R&r,W Tire Co. in the near future. CASI UPDATE: Mr. Campbell and Ms. Haller toured the CASI building in early December. Mr. Campbell was very impressed with the improvements that have been made to the building and the management of the building. The parking lot has been paved and the .heating system needs some work. When requests for repairs come in, Mr. Bill Gavin, City Building Inspector, will review the bids and recommend the best company to do the work. CONFIRiv1ING RESOLUTION FOR EXPANSION OF THE FALLS LANDING/RIVERFRONT TIF: Mr. Campbell presented a Confirnling Resolution for Expansion of the Falls Landing/Riverfront TIF. A Public Hearing was held and there were no objections to the expansion. Mr. Samuel made a motion to approve the 2002 R-O1 Confirmatory Resolution For Expansion of the Falls Landing/Riverfront TIF. Mr. Zasta~vny seconded. Motion carried. PRATHER PADDOCKS HOUSE: Ms. Haller reported that the Mayor would like to sell the Prather Paddocks House on East Market Street. The property was. bought by Redevelopment with money that was left over from the Quadrangle Project. Mr. Cahill inquired whether the board felt that it vas a sure thing that the City Hall tivould definitely not be built on this property. Mr. Campbell felt that the possibility of the City Building being built on Market Street was very unlikely. The board decided that until the Quadrangle site for the City Building was definite the Paddocks House would not be sold. RESOLUTION ESTIMATING THE 2003 TAX INCREMENT REPLACEMENT AMOUNT: Mr. Campbell presented a Resolution estimating the 2003 Tax Increment Replacement Amount. Due to the Indiana General Assembly adopting legislation adding 60% of the total county tax levy for school general fiends to the property tax replacement credit, this reduces the revenues in all previously created Allocation Areas and the Indiana General Assembly has provided far a method of replacing the revenues lost to the Allocation Areas. This means the Redevelopment Commission must estimate the tax increment replacement amount annually to allow for replacement of the revenues lost to the Allocation Areas. The 2003 tax increment replacement amount for the City of Jeffersonville's allocation areas is 5201,257.06 and the replacement tax rate is 0.0273. Mr. Williams made a motion to approve the Resolution estimating the 2003 tax increment replacement amount for allocation areas within the City of Jeffersonville. Mr. Cahill seconded. Motion carved. PROJECT UPDATE REPORT: (See attached sheet) Ms. Haller presented the Project Update Report. The final invoice from Linebach, Funkhouser for the environmental testing on R&~' Tire Co. has been received. The bill vas for $7,565.00. This bill will be forwarded to the Department of Commerce for payment The center building at the Quadrangle is being gutted and the roof fixed. OTHER: Mr. Campbell reported that he attended the Urban Enterprise Association meeting on December 17, 200?. Mr. Campbell was concerned about the letter to the editor in The Evening News by Mr. Ken Ogden, a member of the Urban Enterprise Zone. At the meeting the questions Mr. Ogden raised in the letter were answered and there was nothing related to the Redevelopment Commissioners. Mr. Campbell feels the cost to clean up the Quadrangle will be insurniountable. Mike Flint of The Flint Group will be looking into other funding for the project. Mr. Samuel asked if Mr. Campbell and Mr. Cahill should be paid for the time they are working in the Redevelopment Office during the interim time period. Mr. Campbell and Mr. Cahill feel they should not take money for their work. They feel there could be a conflict of interest with them both on the board. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Campbell asked if there was any additional business. Hearing none Mr. Williams made a motion to adjourn the meeting. APPROVED: Robert Campbell, President Nathan Samuel, Secretary Year-end Project Summary - 2002 INTERCITY ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT: This project began with the development of engineering plans, submittal of those plans to INDOT and property acquisition. The project was bidby INDOT with a total price tag of $10,158,650. This is a project that has both Jeffersonville and Clarksville as participating local jurisdictions. A breakdown of the project costs is as follows: S.I.B. Loan $4,592,650 Federal Grant 4,452,771 Local Share 1,113,193 The local share is split between Jeffersonville and Clarksville, with Jeffersonville's share amounting to $670,837. This amount is to be paid out of proceeds from the Inter City Road TIF. Groundbreaking was held in late September and constntction began. Construction slowed somewhat because of wet weather, however, work on Veterans Parkway Bridge over US 31 and L&I RR tracks is continuing. PIGGYBACK PROJECT: For years, the area referred to as the Piggyback vas an entrance to the City of Jeffersonville. The Department of Redevelopment acquired the property (over 17 acres), cleaned it up, contracted the engineering for re-aligning the streets and redeveloped the land. This work resulted in a total, positive makeover for this particular entrance to the city. Ire addition to the construction of the Harbours condominiums on Riverside Drive, three new riverfront restaurants were constructed - Kingfish Restuarant, Buckhead Mountain Grill, and Rocky's Italian Grill. This activity presaged the contining development in the Piggyback area that included: ' • Northshore Development (McCauley Nicolas Centre) - a five-story professional building • Fairfield Inn - a 78-unit motel Marriott Towne Suites - a 95-unit extended stay hotel the Barrister Group Center (a strip center that includes a medical imaging facility, aSubway/Nobel Roman's Pizza restaurant, and Kobe's Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar), North Shore Office Park - a development that, currently, includes rivo office condominium buildings with 8 units per building. Plans are to constntct a total of five buildings. NORTHSF[ORE DEVELOPMENT: The McCauley Nicolas building, known as the McCauley Nicolas Centre, went from being occupied by a single occupant (McCauley Nicolas CPA) to having all but 1/3 of one floor occupied. An array of services will be provided by occupants ranging from oncology services with a medical group, Union Planters Bank offices, a dot com company, a national travel agency, and IUS Graduate Business School. RIVERFRONT OFFICE CONDOS. (NORTH SHORE OI'FICE PARK): Two buildings were constructed consisting of 8 units each. Professional offices are available for purchase or lease. To date, five of the 16 units have been sold, or leased, with business ranging from financial planning services, to long-distance services, to contractors with Ford Motor Company for car hauling. COURT AVENUE EXTENSION: On January 20, 2003, INDOT let bids for the extension of Court Avenue. The total of the successful bid was $750,000. The City's match on the project will be $150,000. Construction on this project should begin very soon. H:VCathy~DOR reports\02 year-end project summary.doe _~_ Year-end Project Summary - 2002 TERRACE LAWN BARGE: In Apri12002, the City received notification of approval of a grant from the Convention and Tourism Bureau for $325,000 for a floating stage at the foot of the Terraced Lawn. Transportation Enhancement Grant: Submitted an application to KIPDA for INDOT money to do a Comprehensive BikefPedestrian Plan for the City. The bike/ped path project has been included on the list of KIPDA projects for their plan and an application for CMAQ funding has been submitted for approximately $125,000 for a Comprehensive Bike/Pedestrian Plan for the City. TENTH & SPRING STREET: Environmental Assessment (Phase I and Phase II) work was done on the properties at 10~' & Spring Street (Andy Hampton's Used Car Sales, and R&W Tire Store). All of this activity has been. done in preparation of acquiring, and consolidating, the properties and making them available for redevelopment. Environmental assessment and cleanup has been completed for the former site of Pet's Paradise. Environmental cleanup will soon commence for the former site of Powder Keg fireworks. The JUEA acquired 3 houses and a commercial business (Uncle Miltie's) in anticipation of Tenth Street widening. URBAN ENTERPRISE ZONE: The Jeffersonville Urban Enterprise Association is a board consisting of l O local members who oversee the actions and programs undertaken in the Jeffersonville Urban Enterprise Zone. Some of the programs undertaken include the redevelopment of the 300 block of Pearl Street in partnership with the Jeffersonville Housing Services Corporation PEARL STREET REDEVELOPMENT: The Jeffersonville Urban Enterprise Association partnered with Jeffersonville Housing Services Corporation (JHSC) to build four new houses on lots that had been cleared of vacant/abandoned houses. The JUEA granted the land on which JHSC built the homes. These homes were made available to pre- qualified income-eligible households. The results of this partnership were immediate. In a neighborhood that was previously troubled with vagrants loitering and being disruptive to residents, there were new homes and a tighter sense of community. QUARTERMASTER DEPOT: The City received notice of an appropriation of $300,000 in the 2002 budget for redevelopment of the Quadrangle. The city accepted proposals from three firms for the redevelopment of the Quadrangle. The successful firm, Heritage Companies, and proceeded with the Environmental Review Process and Section 106 Historic Review for the project. The developer, Heritage Companies, proceeded with assembling the information required for low-income. and historic tax credits. After two unsuccessful attempts, a third application to the Indiana Housing Finance Authority (IHFA) for bond volume cap did not make the deadline imposed by IHFA for closing on the property, the developer withdrew its application and notified the city of its intention to withdraw its application to IHFA. The city bought the property from a group of doctors for approximately $1.2 million. The city is in the process of abating asbestos in anticipation of preparing the building for redevelopment. H:\Kathy\DOR reports\02 year-end project summary.doc -2- Year-end Project Summary - 2002 Otivner-Occupied Housing Rehab Grant: Have received three applications from prospective recipients for housing rehabilitation assistance. Preparing an application to ]HFA (Indiana Housing Finance Authority) for a grant to do an owner- occupied housing rehab program in the Jeffersonville Urban Enterprise Zone. The applicant will be the JUEA, for $300,000 grant funds, and $100,000 match from the JUEA. Anticipate in the neighborhood of 12 - 15 homes to be rehabbed. COPS GRANT: In September 2002, the City received agrant-for $450,000 from the Department of Justice for six additional officers over three years. The JUEA agreed to provide the required match of $479,100 over three years for the additional officers. Fire Truck: Received notification of award of $100,000 from the Build Indiana Fund for a new fire truck. 1 H:UCathy~DOR reports~02 year-end project summary.doc -3-